Castegnaro

Castegnaro Cabinet d’Avocats is centrally located in Luxembourg City, the capital of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg.

The founder of Castegnaro Cabinet d’Avocats, Guy Castegnaro, joined the Luxembourg bar in 1994. After having practiced for many years as an employment law specialist in several Luxembourg law firms, Guy Castegnaro decided in 2004 to create his own law firm and to structure his legal practice with a clear focus on employment law to respond to the growing demand of a national and international clientele for a comprehensive array of services in both counsel and litigation.

Today the firm numbers six lawyers and renders its legal services in Luxembourgish, English, German, French and Italian.

The firm’s activities cover all aspects of national, european and international employment law as well as corporate, tax and commercial law matters as far as they are directly or indirectly linked to employment law matters.

The Legal 500 (2008) highly recommends Castegnaro Cabinet d'avocats, ranked first tier, for employment law: "Castegnaro Cabinet d'Avocats, member of Ius Laboris is a very well-regarded employment boutique run by the ‘accurate, pragmatic and quick’ Guy Castegnaro. He played a key role in establishing Luxembourg’s 2006 Labour Law Code, and more recently has been working on part II of the Code. The firm draws many of its employer clients from the financial and investment funds sectors, and recently won an important client in the air freight business. Other recent highlights included advising a client on the employment aspects of two mergers, assisting an international banking client in establishing a new pension plan, and winning a number of court cases regarding protected employee terminations."

In 2007: "Castegnaro Cabinet d'avocats, member of ius laboris is Luxembourg's leading specialist employment boutique, headed by the high profile Guy Castegnaro. He has been working on the establishment of Luxembourg's 2006 Labour Law Code. He also advised a member or a multinational group of companies active in the brewery business on the establishment of a social plan within a collective dismissal procedure, and acted for an international client active in the financial sector in relation to changes to its pension scheme. Clients speak of "in-depth advice that is also practically oriented", "high confidence", and say: "This law firm is one of the specialists on employment."

PLC Practical Law Company 2008 recommends Castegnaro Cabinet d'avocats as a Leading law firm for employment law.